Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) President Greg Principato today issued the following statement in response to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) report, “Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Airports and Waterborne Infrastructure”:

“U.S. airports drive economic development in their regions while providing the vital service of safely and efficiently moving people and goods both nationally and internationally. I can’t think of a more global industry than aviation, with the most valuable, time-sensitive and perishable exports transported by air.  The fact is we must invest in U.S. airports today to ensure the global competitiveness of our country tomorrow. ASCE’s recent report underscores the importance of making these investments and, as importantly, the consequences of failing to invest.”

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 140,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society.  ACI-NA and ASCE have worked together on numerous issues relating to the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration as well as on key airport funding issues. The ASCE report also includes data from ACI-NA’s latest Capital Needs Survey and the Economic Impact of Commercial Airports study released earlier this year.

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